by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | May 30, 2024 | Donald Trump And the GOP
Lucid, May 30, 2024 Day after day they appeared, many of them dressed in dark suits and red ties, in homage to their leader. They came from Washington D.C. or from the states that had sent them to Congress to do damage control and prop up a personality cult that... by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | May 16, 2024 | Forecasts
The New Republic, May 16, 2024 “Does fascism intend to restore state authority or subvert it? Is it order or disorder? Can you be conservatives and subversives at the same time?” Six months before the March on Rome in October 1922, when Benito Mussolini was the head... by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | May 15, 2024 | Lucid
Lucid, May 15, 2024 It’s been a while since I wrote about the situation in Ukraine, and this post builds on the writing I have done on Russia’s imperialist war, from an early hope that Vladimir Putin’s invasion would “be a game-changer for democracy,” to... by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Apr 11, 2024 | Uncategorized
Kara Swisher Podcast, April 11, 2024 Historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat joined the most recent episode of the Pivot podcast and spoke to hosts Scott Galloway and Kara Swisher about how Donald Trump mirrors the rise of authoritarian leaders – her area of... by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Apr 11, 2024 | Gender Politics
Lucid, April 11, 2024 In an authoritarian state, women are as much the enemies of the strongman as the press, prosecutors, and the opposition. We can correlate the appeal of strongmen to moments when men feel their status is threatened due to changes in gender roles...